The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the bail of pro-BNP lawyer Shakila Farzana, detained allegedly for financing militant outfit Shahid Hamza Brigade, in two cases.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique came up with the order in response to a government petition. The court also placed the petition for a full bench hearing on February 29.
On Monday, the High Court granted her bail in the cases filed with Hathazari and Banshkhali police under the Anti-Terrorism Act until the charge framing. The bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque passed the order disposing of a ruling.
RAB arrested Shakila on August 18 last year along with two of her associates. The trio later told the court that they had deposited Tk1.08 crore to an account without knowing that it was owned by a militant leader. The money was taken as advance to deal with the cases against leaders of radical Islamist platform Hefazat-e-Islam.
The account is owned by Moniruzzaman Don, a top leader of the militant group now in jail.
The other accused are Supreme Court lawyer Md Hasanuzzaman Liton and Dhaka Judge’s Court lawyer Mahfuz Chowdhury Bapon.
